A House Built With Love
I've been waiting a long time for the chance to start on the big crown moldings that will circle the living room and dining room and arch around the big windows on each end. It would match the molding that goes above the kitchen cupboards.
Today, we routed the first straight pieces. Because our high density urethane is three inches thick they were done in two layers.
Tomorrow the curved pieces are put onto the router.
-grampa dan
As we planned and built the new house we tried our best to think of everything we possibly could. We did a lot of research and enlisted the help of others who knew a lot more than us about these subjects. One of the things we wanted was a good audio/video system built right into the house. We enlisted the help of our friends at System 7 to make sure it was done right. They had some pretty cool ideas.
With the advent of modern technology the need to have unsightly components or even a media center by the feature wall of the living room is no longer necessary. We could easily hide them in a nearby closet. But to do so meant hundreds and hundreds of cable needed to be pulled while everything was still open. The wires and cables went from the electrical/mechanical room to the TV center to the speakers, jacks and to the media closet and other areas of the house. Every currently needed and future possibility was included, right up to empty conduits for inevitable developments which will come down the road.
The media closet will house a pull-out rack for all of the high tech components.
The living room wall will feature a large flat screen TV alone. The speakers are built into the wall and wainscoting.
Behind the area for the loveseats (where we will sit) are plenty of electrical plugs for our devices and other needs plus four jacks for headphones - just in case we want to watch a good (LOUD) action movie or listen to some (LOUD) music without bothering everyone else in the house.
All these goodies will of course be remotely controlled, along with many other functions of the house, from an iPad or smart phone. It can be done from the comfort of the recliners or wherever else we may be at the time.
We've come a long ways from the bulky high-fi set we had in years gone by.
I've been promise this new system will be easy to use... all programmed and set up before we move in. :)
-grampa dan
As we thought about the house this build we wanted to break the mold from our past traditions. Gone are the muted browns and beiges. Instead we wanted this house to be a celebration of all we love - including COLOR.
The kitchen is probably the wildest area of the house. The bright paint on the walls will be offset with linen colored cabinets and trim. Even without the cabinets there is no doubt where the kitchen is...
Janis' sewing room is the brighets and most cheerful yellow imaginable. White cabinets and trim will tone things down just a tad.
In the master bedroom various shades of purple will rule the day. The wainscotting will be a darker shade with some imaginative glazing to highlight the texture - as in the living room.
Still to come are the guest room and other areas. Stay tuned...
-grampa dan
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